Genealogy.com Adds Millions of Additional Names
in Genealogy Records to Its Impressive Collection of Online Information
Company Significantly Broadens Its Online Family Research Offerings
by Adding Nearly Five Million Names to the Web with Internet Family Archives
March 28, 2000 (FREMONT, CALIFORNIA) — Genealogy.com,
LLC today reinforced its commitment to making it easier for people
to find their ancestors fast on the Internet with its introduction
of Internet Family Archives. This collection of
data is being made available online for the first time and currently
includes nearly five million names in 11 different compiled resources.
Genealogy.com's movement of these records to an online format
signifies the company's commitment to bringing more valuable family
history information to a wider array of individuals via the Internet.
"We are in the business of helping people piece together their
family histories more quickly," said Genealogy.com Chief Executive
Officer, Rob Armstrong. "By continuing to place genealogically
relevant content online, like the Internet Family Archives, we
are making it easier and faster for people to find the vital family
information they need to build their family trees."
Conduct Family History Research from the Comfort of Home
Internet Family Archives make it easier and more convenient to conduct
research at home without having to spend money and time on traveling
to faraway libraries and dusty government archives. The power of the
Internet allows users to find ancestors fast, compared to the less efficient
way of researching by searching through microfilm or reading old books.
With the Internet Family Archives, research can be conducted from any
computer with Internet access, at any time.
The Internet Family Archives are composed of a variety of family history
information from marriage indexes to international records, from personal
family histories to biographies. Family history enthusiasts can search
everything from specific records such as the Mayflower Genealogies,
which may help them determine if they descended from a Mayflower passenger,
to searching historical marriage records in the Marriage Index of Massachusetts,
all from their own computer, 24 hours a day. With access to the Internet
Family Archives, users are able to create their own personal "online
data library" with records stored on Genealogy.com's secure network.
The Internet Family Archives currently contains the following titles:
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UK Census Records
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Records for approximately 1 million individuals from the 1851
census with each household member's name, age, occupation, address,
relation to the head of the household, marital status, and the exact
town or parish of his or her birth.
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Italians to America
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Index of 413,000 Italian immigrants passing through New York's
port of entry. May include age, occupation, or village of origin
and arrival date.
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Notable British Families
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429,000 unique names referenced in pedigrees and lineage records
published in Great Britain by Burke's Peerage. Includes the best
reference work ever published on British heraldry, The General
Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.
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Mayflower Genealogies
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111,000 names in pages from Genealogies of Mayflower Families
and Mayflower Source Records. Resources contain vital information
and lineages pertaining to passengers of the Mayflower.
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Ontario, Canada Census Index
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374,000 names in partial index of heads of household in the 1871
Ontario Census. May include age, birthplace, ethnic/religious demographic,
occupation, and district/subdistrict
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Virginia Genealogies
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113,000 names from a variety of family history articles, genealogies,
newspaper notices, town records (including deaths and marriages
in some cases), Bible and family records, wills, and deeds for the
state of Virginia; information spans the years 1892-1942.
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Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy
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455,000 names from William Wade Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of American
Quaker Genealogy. Almost half of all people who can trace their
ancestry in America prior to 1850 have Quaker ancestors. This is
a broad, yet comprehensive collection of vital records and certificates
of removal for Quakers in several states.
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National Genealogical Society Quarterly
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702,000 names on images of volumes 1-85 of the National Genealogical
Society Quarterly. Among the oldest and most widely respected
genealogical journals, the NGS Quarterly contains methodological
case studies, discussions of major resources, compiled family histories
and genealogies, and guides to research.
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Marriage Index: Massachusetts
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Indexed marriages for approximately 837,500 individuals in 1633-1850
Massachusetts; includes marriage date, names of bride and groom,
and county where the marriage was recorded.
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Marriage Index: Ohio
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303,000 indexed marriages across 85 Ohio counties in 1789-1850;
includes marriage date, names of bride and groom, and county.
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Directory of Deceased American Physicians
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Biographical records extracted from the Directory of Deceased
American Physicians for approximately 149,000 medical practitioners.
May include dates and locations of births and deaths. Usually only
available at libraries, the Directory normally sells for
$200 in book form.
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A Vast Array of Genealogy Resources Online
In addition to the Internet Family Archives, Genealogy.com hosts a
comprehensive list of online genealogy resources including the recently
announced World
Family Tree online, which provides users with access to 98 million
names in 143,000 user-contributed trees. Genealogy.com also hosts GenForum,
the most widely used genealogy message boards with more than 3.7 million
messages posted. Family history enthusiasts can use the tools at www.Genealogy.com
to do everything from utilizing a step-by-step guide detailing how to
get started in genealogy, to searching for information on their own
family members, to enrolling in an online genealogy course. Subscription
services are also available at GenealogyLibrary.com,
which offers census images and indexes.
Pricing, System Requirements and Availability
Pricing for individual Internet Family Archive titles range from $19.99
to $49.99. Internet Family Archives can be viewed using any Internet-ready
computer that has Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and higher or Netscape
Navigator 4.0 and higher. Internet Family Archives can be accessed on
the Internet at www.Genealogy.com.
About Genealogy.com, LLC
Genealogy.com, LLC was launched with $37.5 million in funding from
major media corporations in November 1999. Genealogy.com, which previously
operated under the corporate umbrella of Broderbund Software, is acknowledged
as a decade-long leader in the genealogy technology space. The company
is based in Fremont, California, and has approximately 90 employees.
Information on Genealogy.com and its services and resources can be found
at www.Genealogy.com. All of its award-winning
products and services are offered online and through direct sales; its
software programs are also distributed at retail by the Broderbund Software
unit of Mattel Interactive.
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